Golf tee



July 19, 1927. P. E. YOUNG GOLF TEE Filed March 23, 1927 NVENTOR P666 EQM M WKAAWM' ATTORNEYS Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP E. YOUNG, OF FAIBHAVEN, IASSACHUSETTS, 188161! 03 TO LCUSHNETPROCESS COMPANY, A. CORPORATION OF KASSACHUSET'IS.

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Application fled larch 23,

At the present time, various forms of golf tees are on the. market, butthese are not entirely satisfactory, for they are either so heavy that.they are a nuisance] to carry 5 around, or else they are difiicult tofind after use. I have found that it .is possible to make a golf tee outof rubber which will adequately support the ball and at the same timewill be so light that several can be carried in the ocket without beingnoticed,

and which Wlll be so light that it is impossible to knock it any greatdistance. 'Its size is great enough so that it cannot readily be lost.In orderto adapt the tee" to various golfers, I provide means wherebythe height ma be readily altered. in illustrative exam le of a teeembodyirtg my invention is s own in the accompanying-drawing, whichillustrates the same in cross section. This tee is made'of molded rubberwith the walls very thin. It will be noted that it has a bod portion 2,a concave top 4 which preferab y is formed with a radius of curvatureabout equal to the radius of a. golf ball, and a base or bottom bead 6.I also provide one or more intermediate beads 8, so that if the golferprefers a lower tee, the bottom portion can readily be cut off to ahead8, in which case such bead will serve as a base bead. I

1927. Serial I0. 177,498.

The tee is exceedingly light and will collapse in the hand or pocket,but it will be found that the strain of the ball on the top 4 will bedistributed evenly to the sides which are in the form of a truncatedcone, so the tee will hold the ball in proper position. Even if thereare some inequalities in the ground on which the tee is used, theflexibility of the sides will take care of these.

As regards size, I have found it satisfactory to make the tee with abase a little over 1 inch in diameter and the side walls aboutone-twentieth of an inch in thickness. The concave top may be eventhinner.

What I claim is:

1. A golf tee in the form of a truncated cone of rubber with side wallsof a thickness about one-twentieth of the total diameter, a very thinconcave top to distribute strain to the sides and a strengthening beadabout the base.

2; A device as s cified in claim 1, further characterized by t x e factthat the side wall carries a circumferential bead adapted to serve as abase bead, if the lower portion is removed.

PHILIP E. YOUNG.

